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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 82 · 40 questions
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Remember (Book and writer): Ramayana – Valmiki, Mahabharata – Ved Vyasa, Panchatantra – Vishnu Sharma, Ramcharitmanas – Tulsidas, Meghaduta – Kalidasa, Gitanjali – Rabindranath Tagore, Tirukkural – Thiruvalluvar. Godan and Idgah – Premchand, The Jungle Book – Rudyard Kipling, Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll, Wings of Fire – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. The Bhagavad Gita is part of the Mahabharata and has 18 chapters; there were 5 Pandava brothers.

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  1. 1.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Godan (c) the Ramayana (d) Ramcharitmanas
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Valmiki (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  3. 3.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  7. 7.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) The Jungle Book (d) Meghaduta
  10. 10.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Mahabharata (c) Idgah (d) Tirukkural
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  12. 12.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Premchand (d) Tulsidas
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Premchand (d) Ved Vyasa
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) English
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  17. 17.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Wings of Fire (d) Tirukkural
  18. 18.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Arjuna (c) Bhima (d) Karna
  21. 21.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) animal stories (c) maps (d) recipes
  22. 22.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Tirukkural (b) The Jungle Book (c) Gitanjali (d) Idgah
  23. 23.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  25. 25.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: Godan was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  29. 29.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Gitanjali (b) The Jungle Book (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Mahabharata
  30. 30.True or false: Premchand wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  32. 32.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Shere Khan (c) Bagheera (d) Mowgli
  33. 33.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) The Jungle Book
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Tulsidas (b) Kalidasa (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Thiruvalluvar
  37. 37.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Idgah (b) the Ramayana (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Kalidasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Premchand (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit

Answer key

  1. Ramcharitmanas
  2. Rabindranath Tagore
  3. True
  4. False
  5. 18
  6. Bengali
  7. True
  8. True
  9. Meghaduta
  10. Tirukkural
  11. Hindi
  12. True
  13. Premchand
  14. Vishnu Sharma
  15. English
  16. Sanskrit
  17. Alice in Wonderland
  18. False
  19. False
  20. Rama
  21. animal stories
  22. Gitanjali
  23. True
  24. 18
  25. False
  26. True
  27. False
  28. Sanskrit
  29. the Mahabharata
  30. False
  31. Sanskrit
  32. Mowgli
  33. False
  34. True
  35. The Jungle Book
  36. Kalidasa
  37. False
  38. the Ramayana
  39. Premchand
  40. Awadhi

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